Program Overview

MA Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship

Overview

The MA Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship programme offers a January and September start. You will be able to choose your start date at the point of application. This programme is ideal for those who wish to develop a business arising from an existing creative practice, or to understand how to create the infrastructure and environment for new creative businesses.

Pathways

• Computing
• Design
• Design Management
• Fashion
• Fashion Management
• Media & Communications
• Music
• Social Innovation
• Theatre & Performance
• Leadership

Programme Structure

• The programme contains taught modules and a further dissertation/portfolio component.
• You'll have a range of choices throughout the degree enabling you to design a pathway that is most relevant to your academic, business and career ambitions.
• All students will take the modules 'Theories of Capital', 'Entrepreneurial Modelling' and 'Methods and Approaches of Critical Analysis into Cultural Entrepreneurship'. Depending on your pathway you may also complete a dissertation or project portfolio.

Modules

Teaching Style

• We recognise the importance of supporting your learning with high-quality teaching on a predominantly group seminar/workshop basis with significant levels of individual tutorial support, particularly for independent projects.
• A significant amount of the learning will be delivered though peer-to-peer learning, problem-solving workshops, group projects and activities that are designed to develop your individual communication skills and an experience similar to that of the workplace environment, as most organisations in the sector work in task-based teams.

Entry Requirements

• You should have (or expect to be awarded) an undergraduate degree of at least upper second class standard in a relevant/related subject.
• There may also be pathway-specific entry requirements.
• You might also be considered for some programmes if you aren’t a graduate or your degree is in an unrelated field, but have relevant experience and can show that you have the ability to work at postgraduate level.
• You should have an idea for a business, or already be self-employed or have your own business.

International Qualifications

• We accept a wide range of international qualifications.
• If English isn’t your first language, you will need an IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 6.5 with a 6.5 in writing and no element lower than 6.0 to study this programme.

Fees and Funding

• Annual tuition fees for students starting their programme in the 2025/2026 academic year are listed below.
• If your fees are not listed here, please check our postgraduate fees guidance or contact the Fees Office, who can also advise you about how to pay your fees.
• Explore the Goldsmiths scholarships finder to find out what funding you may be eligible for.
• If you are a UK student you may be eligible for a postgraduate loan.

Careers

• The programme will enable those who have previously studied an area of creative study/practice, such as music, media, theatre and performance, design, or computer games, to start a career developing a business arising from an existing or new creative practice.
• This may relate directly to a 'product' or 'process' arising from you own practice or to a form of 'expertise', 'consultancy' or 'knowledge'.
• The programme will also equip those who wish to work within organisations that develop the infrastructure and environment for new creative businesses with the capacity to flourish in a variety of contexts.

Skills

• You can expect to develop an independence and integrity in developing creative ideas.
• You will be able to apply entrepreneurial approaches to creative projects and demonstrate an understanding of different business models to establish a creative enterprise.
• You will also develop team-working and leadership skills, and effective business and communication skills.

How to Apply

• You apply directly to Goldsmiths using our online application system.
• When applying, please specify your preferred pathway.
• To complete your application, you will need to have:
  • Details of your academic qualifications
  • The email address of your referee who we can request a reference from, or alternatively a copy of your academic reference
  • Copies of your educational transcripts or certificates
  • A personal statement
  • A one-paragraph elevator pitch for an entrepreneurial business idea that you plan to develop through the course. This is not a business plan, but a brief paragraph that clearly and concisely expresses your core entrepreneurial idea. You can submit your elevator pitch as a document or as audio/video. Please note that there is a file size limit of 20MB on our website but we can accept your audio/video hosted online if you provide a link to this in your application.